Tea Party Leader: Women Shouldn’t Serve In Combat Because Men Should Be Taught To ‘Treat Them Like Queens’

On his radio program Friday, Bryan Fischer interviewed Scottie Nell Hughes, the news director for the Tea Party News Network, about her new book “Roar: The New Conservative Woman Speaks Out.” During the course of the interview, Hughes explained that she opposes allowing women to serve in combat positions in the military because it would be very confusing to her son, whom she is teaching to treat women “like queens” and always protect them.

Hughes stated that women should not be allowed to serve in combat because it is a very stressful experience and men need to be free to relieve their stress without having women around creating added tension. But, more importantly, Hughes’ own son might one day join the military and having to serve alongside of a woman in combat would very confusing to him.

“Right now, I’m doing everything I can to teach that young man to honor women, to open the doors, don’t push them, don’t hit them,” she said, “respect them, treat them like queens, protect them. But what happens when he goes into the military and he has a woman serving next to him on the front lines? Both of them are getting shot at and is he going to sit there and have to think also about protecting her or is he just going to say “You know what, if she dies next to me, she dies’?”

“Do I really want to live in a culture where men are not trained in accordance to treat women with respect?” she asked: